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ABSOLUTELY. Comment scores in the midst of an active discussion narrow thinking. Comment scores on historical artifacts are useful for research.

• cyanbane 16y ago
  I think if people in general see a comment that has been upvoted heavily they are less likely to contribute their opinion to it if they agree with it. I like not being able to see its weight as I feel like more readers will comment with their opinions rather than just upvote, which creates more discussion, etc (I have no numbers to back this up, just what I believe).
  • rb01usa 16y ago
    This is true for me--I have felt more encouraged to contribute to discussions now that the votes are hidden as opposed to before; As long as the higher voted comments bubble up to the top I don't see a reason to see the votes count with a comment.
  • jaxn 16y ago
    That sound like it worsens the signal/noise ratio. If a comment is definitive (and ratified by up votes) then there would be fewer comments reiterating the point. Are we going for more informative or more participatory?
• raquo 16y ago
  So the evident solution then would be to show comment scores after X (24?) hours since the news item was posted.
  • hernan7 16y ago
    More like after 1 week, I would say, but yes.
• lwhi 16y ago
  Research into what?